Diary May 12, 1945

War Diary, 05-1945, Diary WW2, Year 1945 / 1 minute of reading

surrender of U-boats — A British corvette escorts German submarines after their surrender to an anchorage.

Diary for Saturday, May 12, 1945:

Sea War

Last Arctic convoys JW.67 (eastbound) and RA.67 (westbound); on May 16 convoy escort accepts surrender of 14 U-boats and escorts them to Loch Eriboll.

Occupied countries

Czechoslovakia: General Vlasov, commander of anti-communist ROA and KONR, reluctantly handed over by Americans to Russian troops (executed August 1946).
Germany: US 7th Army captures Japanese ambassador General Oshima and 130 staff.

Okinawa

Marines repulsed with heavy loss at Sugar Loaf Hill, key point of Shuri Line.

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Kretaner

My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

Sea War

Occupied countries

Okinawa

About The Author

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